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Hot: Animal Rights Outrage Grows Over Gorilla’s Death at Cincinnati Zoo

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Animal Rights Outrage Grows Over Gorilla’s Death at Cincinnati Zoo

Advocates have criticized a boy's parents and the zoo for the gorilla's death

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